Each student gets $5,000 per year. The scholarship is given to minority students who show leadership skills like Botham.

"These students were handpicked. It wasn't an open application process," Frazier said.

The scholarship is also mostly funded by PWC, the accounting firm Botham worked for in Dallas.

"PWC began the scholarship with a $50,000 gift and then their partners and other employees also provided money which took the scholarship to $600,000," Frazier said.

Frazier said that is enough to keep both the scholarship and Botham Jean's name alive for decades to come.

"It becomes important for the students that get it to understand the story of Botham Jean, what he meant to the college and the PWC," he said.

Yui Kondo, a senior at Harding, is one of the four students receiving the scholarship. She did not know Botham personally but said the scholarship is a constant reminder of him.

"I think as sad as it is, the more years it goes on it's easy for us to forget," Kondo said. "I was just really honored."

Botham was tragically killed in his own apartment last year. Amber Guyger, 31, was off duty but still in uniform when she shot 26-year-old Jean. She was returning home from work and said she mistook the accountant for an intruder, believing she was in her apartment, police records show.

She lived one floor directly below Jean. Her jury selection began Friday.